When the Imperial troops travel, the government naturally wants to entertain them warmly along the way. At first, local officials were quite restrained. After all, Prince Yi's rebellion was just over, and no one dared to make a big fuss. However, after leaving Gyeonggi, local officials began to publicize gradually. It was said that imperial envoys were the most popular Xiaofang adults in the imperial capital recently. Those local officials and squires rushed up like dogs smelling meat and bones, and almost stretched out their tongues to lick them.
Fang Xie seemed to enjoy it. Although he insisted on not receiving a copper coin as a gift, local officials and squires attended banquets almost twice a day. As a result, the speed of the procession slowed down even more. Zuo Qianwei Lang asked Ye Jinnan for Fang Xie three times, hoping to push off some entertainment and speed up the journey, but Fang Xie only said that he couldn't refute others' good intentions. It seems that he didn't care at all. If the news reached the imperial capital, those people in the censor's station would rush up and bite more madly.
Later, ye Jinnan simply proposed taking the waterway to the Yangtze River. Then it will turn from the Yangtze River to Luoshui. From Luoshui, it will flow down and reach Yongzhou in less than a month.
Fang Jie just disagreed and said he couldn't take a boat.
It took a month to reach Weijun, Jiangbei Road, north of the Yangtze River. This speed made Ye Jinnan's patience almost to the limit. After living in Luocheng, a city ruled by Wei Jun, Fang Xie was invited by two adults, the sheriff and Jun Cheng, and ye Jinnan was naturally among the guests, but he was annoyed and simply said that he was not well.
The imperial team lived in a courtyard provided by a local squire, not a post station. Such a large industry would be too valuable if it were placed in the imperial capital. Ye Jinnan walked into his room and asked his soldiers to remove their armor, and then lay down on the bed alone sulking.
Fang Xie's performance over the past few days has made him unbearable. Soldiers are bloody. He can't see such an unhappy person. But he is not a fool. He can already see that it was intentional. It is not difficult to see the purpose of Fang Jie when you think of the confession of general Luo Yao. But the more so, the more he couldn't urge. If he urged too much, it made people feel guilty.
When I was lying in the room, the door creaked and was pushed open from the outside. Ye Jinnan turned his head and found that it was a land gull on crutches.
Lu Ou's injury was too serious. If his physical quality was not much better than ordinary people, that good fight would have killed him. After recuperating for so long, he was only barely able to walk on crutches by himself. Since these days, he has obviously lost weight, and his face is as ugly as a zombie.
The most chilling thing is the bare left arm wrist still wrapped.
One hand was smashed into meat mud by Fang Xie with bricks and stones. Up to now, Lu Ou has not adapted to the life without one hand.
Sometimes he would habitually raise his arm to pick up the tea cup. Often at this time, his bare arm would pierce his heart like a knife.
"General... If we go on like this, it will take us at least two months to get to Yongzhou."
Lu Ou sat down on the chair and put his crutch aside.
"If you don't have a good rest in the house, it's not good for your injury to come out and walk like this."
Ye Jinnan sat up from bed and said.
"Anyway, I'm already a loser. What do you care about these people?"
Lu Ou smiled bitterly: "I've thought about it. When I go back, I'll resign from the general, find a mountain village to live in seclusion and plant a few mu of thin fields. Although it's harder with one hand, it's still no problem to feed myself."
Hearing what he said, ye Jinnan felt sad. Lu Ou is a famous desperate Saburo in the left avant-garde. In several campaigns against barbarians, Lu Ou took the lead and never feared. This is a murderous general, but now he has become so decadent that it is inevitable that people will not sigh.
Ye Jinnan got up, poured a cup of tea for Lu ou, patted him on the shoulder and said, "why do you want to leave? Your ability is to train recruits. In a few years, the general will naturally promote you."
"Ha ha..."
Lu Ou smiled: "no face left."
He looked up at Ye Jinnan and said: "I know that I was too reckless about the imperial capital. I didn't know what the background of the red tea move was. It's also true that I was too arrogant and presumptuous in our hometown and didn't restrain my temper when I arrived in the imperial capital. I didn't hate Fang Xie for being disabled. In fact, I hated him because I didn't have the ability and lost the face of a general. We left avant-garde people can be punished for mistakes, but we must not I remember all the words of the great general... I'd rather kill Fang Xie in the tea move, and then be directly cut off by the imperial court. At least I don't die a coward. "
"You are still too stubborn"
Ye Jinnan shook his head: "have a good rest. Don't go to those messy things. The general won't blame you."
"It's nothing to blame..."
Lu Ou smiled with self mockery: "I still don't say this. The general didn't find a solution. Ask him why he walked so slowly?"
"He is an imperial envoy."
Ye Jinnan sighed.
"Imperial envoy... What a big identity."
Lu Ou smiled coldly, stood up and walked out: "I'm going back, and there's nothing else. But if Fang Xie still goes on like this in a few days, I'm going to go back to Yongzhou alone."
"How can you go by yourself now?"
Ye Jinnan road.
"I've tried my best to keep myself from thinking about anything along the way, but if you face people who beat yourself into a cripple all day and pretend nothing, can you do it?"
Lu Ou suddenly roared, "I'd rather die than suffer like this!"
"I..."
Ye Jinnan was stunned and shook his head: "I was negligent. In that case, I'll arrange several people to escort you back first and take the waterway. It's better for you to recover."
"I'll leave today."
Lu Ou looked at Ye Jinnan and said, "I don't want to stay more for a moment."
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Four cavalry men in left avant-garde armor escorted a carriage out of the compound. The speed of the party was very fast. They left the official road in the city and galloped out in the direction of the Yangtze River. The dust and smoke rose, and soon the pedestrian disappeared into the distance of sight.
In the carriage, the sitting Lu gull lifted the curtain and looked out of the window. A sneer hung from the corner of his mouth.
He had to go back to Yongzhou first. He had had enough along the way. Seeing Fang Xie's innocent face every day, he wanted to rush up and tear it up. If Fang Xie was more proud and rampant, maybe he didn't have such a strong hatred now. But Fang Xie just turned a blind eye. It seems that he doesn't exist in Fang Xie's eyes.
Fang Jie clearly saw him, but completely ignored him.
This makes Lu Ou resent.
He seldom got off in the carriage, but he didn't want to see Fang Xie. He thought that Fang Xie, like himself, would look at each other's displeasure. But this kind of performance that the other party obviously doesn't pay attention to himself makes Lu Ou suddenly feel like a clown.
That's why he went to find Ye Jinnan and let him go first. He wants to go back to Yongzhou to see young general Luo Wen. He knows that there is also a festival between Luo Wen and Fang Xie. As long as he lights another fire in front of the major general, the minor general will never tolerate Fang Xie running to Yongzhou.
As long as a few generals come out, Fang Xie will never get any benefit in Yongzhou.
If the young general is more cruel and makes Yongzhou a cemetery for Fang Xie, it is naturally the best. He even thought that if the young general was afraid to do too much, he would find someone to kill Fang Xie secretly and put the blame on the young general. At that time, in order to protect the young general, the senior general will not stand idly by.
As long as you return to Yongzhou
Lu Ou's mouth gave a sneer.
The carriage sped along the official road. After about ten miles out of Luocheng, pedestrians gradually became scarce. Thirty miles from Luocheng is mount Mangdang. Before attacking the south of the Yangtze River during the reign of Emperor Taizong, 200000 migrant workers were recruited to open the mountain and cultivate Taoism. They forcibly cut a hole in Mount Mangdang, shortening the distance from Wei county to the Yangtze River by dozens of times. If the southern army is defeated, the reinforcements can go straight to the river from this official road.
In the past two years, it took 200000 people to complete such a feat with their hands and shoulders.
Seeing that it was not far from Mangdangshan, Lu Ou's mood eased a little. As long as you cross mount Mangdang, you can go to the Yangtze River Ferry, take a boat to the west, walk 150 miles upstream, turn to Luoshui and go all the way south. If you are fast, you can return to Yongzhou in 20 days.
He lowered the curtain of the window and closed his eyes to rest.
Maybe it was that he was too oppressed and angry these days and didn't have a good rest. At this time, he was far away from the demon boy. He was more secure in his heart, so he soon fell asleep. Lu Ou also had a dream that he had returned to Yongzhou. There was a fairy waiting for him at home and gave him a pill. After swallowing it, he saw his left hand grow out again, perfect.
Then he saw Fang Xie suddenly appear, knelt down in front of him, and begged himself to let him go and forgive his mistakes. In the dream, Lu Ou laughed wildly and stepped on Fang Xie's feet, and then slapped Fang Xie's face one by one with his newly grown left hand. And the little master of the red tea move took off his clothes and knelt down to beg for life.
He couldn't help laughing and became more and more proud.
At this time, he suddenly heard a dull sound, and then the carriage shook violently, followed by a earth shaking. Lu Ou suddenly woke up and rolled up with the carriage before he could hold it. Before he woke up from his sleep, the carriage fell apart, and he fell out of the carriage and fell to the ground.
Lu Ou struggled to get up, but he hurt his wound in the tumbling, so that he could hardly breathe. He recovered for a long time before he sat up from the ground.
When he looked around, he immediately opened his mouth in horror.
The four left avant-garde elite who protected him have been nailed to death by feather arrows. They were not alert before they died. You should know that these four people are veterans who have experienced many battles. They are more sensitive to the prediction of danger than those well-trained Jianghu people. They rolled over in the sea of blood, and there were at least ten lives on each hand.
Even the coachman is a veteran.
But just as he fell asleep, five left avant-garde veterans were nailed to death by feather arrows almost at the same time, and they didn't even have time to shout.
Then his carriage was hit by something and immediately overturned, throwing him out of the carriage.
When he looked around in surprise and panic, he saw the boy in black robe with a hard bow in his hand. The boy walked slowly towards him with a smile on his mouth. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the bright smile on the boy's face was as frightening as the letter from a poisonous snake.
Lu Ou couldn't believe what he saw for a moment, and his pupils contracted suddenly.
It's not like this in the dream?!